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Restitutio in integrum
sustained some injury capable of being estimated, in consequence of the contract or transaction, and not through any fault of his own, except in the case of one who is minor xxv. Annorum, who was protected by … the consequences of his own carelessness. The following are the chief cases in which a restitutio might be decreed:- The case of vis et metus. When a man had acted under the influence of force or reasonable
Magna Carta
14th chapter is directed against excessive fines, and provides that:-'A freeman shall not be amerced for a small fault, but after the manner of the fault, and for a great fault after the greatness thereof, saving to … unless King John confirmed by a formal charter the ancient liberties of England; and they then engaged to demand this of the sovereign in the early part of the ensuing year, arming themselves in the mean time,
Forfeiture
forfeit' is 'to lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offence or crime, 'to incur a penalty'. 'Forefeiture', as judicially annotated, is … reasons other than alienation in fee and alienation without licence was included among the manorial incidents which were saved by the Act until extinguished as provided by the Act. Relief against forfeiture included in the last-mentioned incidents … for some wilful omission of a tenant of property whereby he loses it, together with his title, which devolves upon others. Forfeiture resulted from the following circumstan-ces:--(1) Treason, misprision of treason, felony, murder, self-murder, pr'munire, and striking
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